Stanislaus County public health released data on COVID-19 cases among unvaccinated people and vaccinated residents in the second half of 2021. Health officials chose to pull data since July 1 to show a time period when a significant percentage of the county population was vaccinated.

The numbers show that 85.5% of positive COVID-19 cases since July 1 were unvaccinated people or those with partial vaccination. People who were not fully vaccinated accounted for 90.6% of deaths, or 310 of the 342 deaths, since July 1.

As of Tuesday, 54.2% of county residents age 5 and older were fully vaccinated against COVID-19. About 54% of adults age 18 to 49 were fully vaccinated. The rates were higher for older adults — 71.4% for those 50 to 64 and 76% for seniors 65 or older.

Slightly less than 3% of children ages 5 to 11 had received two shots of the Pfizer pediatric vaccine.

In Stanislaus County, older adults have been rolling up their sleeves for COVID booster shots, with 26.5% of residents 65 to 74 getting a booster and 29.5% in the 75 to 84 age group getting boosted.

The booster rate so far was 12.5% for people 55 to 64 years old, dropping to less than 10% in other adult age groups.

A total of 1,441 residents have died since the first was announced in April 2020, the Health Services Agency said. Stanislaus has 82,175 positive tests, 1,041,900 negative test results and 79,561 people who are presumed recovered.

Other details from the county’s daily update:

Hospital cases: The county’s five hospitals had 74 patients with confirmed COVID-19 on Wednesday, down from 80 on Tuesday. Adults in intensive care increased by four to 23.

Vaccine clinics: The county has public vaccine clinics that each offer all three types: Pfizer (5 and older), Moderna (18+) and Johnson & Johnson (18+). The schedule through Dec. 18:

• Thursday, Dec. 9, Modesto: Public Health Immunization Clinic, 401 Paradise Road, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.

• Thursday, Dec. 9, Ceres: Ceres High School Multipurpose Room, 2320 Central Ave., 3-6 p.m.

• Friday, Dec. 10, Modesto: Public Health Immunization Clinic, 401 Paradise Road, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.

• Friday, Dec. 10, Modesto: Holy Family Catholic Church, 4212 Dale Road, 1-3:30 p.m.

• Friday, Dec. 10, Modesto: Downey High School cafeteria, 1000 Coffee Road, 3-6 p.m.

• Saturday, Dec. 11, Modesto: Asian Market, 2425 McHenry Ave., 10 a.m.-2 p.m.

• Saturday, Dec. 11, Modesto: Public Health Immunization Clinic, 401 Paradise Road, 11 a.m.-5 p.m.

• Monday, Dec. 13: Ceres: Central Valley High School, 4033 Central Ave., 3-6 p.m.

• Tuesday, Dec. 14, Modesto: Public Health Immunization Clinic, 401 Paradise Road, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.

• Tuesday, Dec. 14, Turlock: Pitman High School, 2525 W. Christoffersen Road, 3-6 p.m.

• Wednesday, Dec. 15, Modesto: Public Health Immunization Clinic, 401 Paradise Road, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.

• Wednesday, Dec. 15: Ceres: Mae Hensley Junior High School cafeteria, 1806 Moffet Road, 3-6 p.m.

• Thursday, Dec. 16, Modesto: Public Health Immunization Clinic, 401 Paradise Road, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.

• Friday, Dec. 17, Modesto: Public Health Immunization Clinic, 401 Paradise Road, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.

• Saturday, Dec. 18, Modesto: Public Health Immunization Clinic, 401 Paradise Road, 11 a.m.-5 p.m.

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California has administered 61,422,331 vaccine doses as of Wednesday, according to the CDC tracker. The state ranks 12th in the country, with 155,451 doses per 100,000 residents. Vermont ranks first, Idaho 50th among the states.

It’s important to note that if you’ve had part or full vaccination, wearing a mask and keeping with all the safety precautions like social distancing in some circumstances is still recommended by the Centers for Disease for Control and Prevention. Also, those who have had COVID-19 still need to be vaccinated.

Case demographics: Here are the breakdowns of the positive tests in Stanislaus County as of Wednesday:

• 53% are female
• 47% male
• 11.7% are 14 years or younger
• 16.3% are ages 15 to 24
• 18.7% are 25 to 34
• 16.9% are 35 to 44
• 14.1% are 45 to 54
• 11.4% are 55 to 64
• 6.1% are 65 to 74
• 3.1% are 75 to 84
• 1.6% are 85 or older
• Latinos are 49.5% of the positive cases, whites are 32%, Asians are 4.2%, Blacks are 2.4%, and the rest are other groups.

Geographically:

• Modesto has 31,184 positive cases
• Turlock has 10,638
• Ceres has 8,255
• Riverbank has 3,823
• Patterson has 3,461
• Oakdale has 2,921
• Newman has 1,653
• Waterford has 1,158
• Hughson has 941
• Supervisorial District 3 has 4,233
• District 5 has 3,616
• District 2 has 3,397
• District 1 has 2,116
• District 4 has 701

Here’s a look at the numbers from nearby counties:

• San Joaquin County has 1,841 COVID-19-related deaths among 103,703 cases.
  
  
• Merced County has 684 deaths among 45,961 cases.
  
  
• Tuolumne County has 145 deaths among 7,965 cases.
• Mariposa County has 18 deaths among 1,640 cases.

As of Wednesday evening, there were 5,127,121 confirmed cases in California and 74,911 deaths, according to Johns Hopkins University. There were 49,537,149 U.S. cases and 793,188 deaths.

This story was originally published December 9, 2021 at 5:00 AM.

John Holland

The Modesto Bee

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John Holland covers agriculture, transportation and general assignment news. He has been with The Modesto Bee since 2000 and previously worked at newspapers in Sonora and Visalia. He was born and raised in San Francisco and has a journalism degree from UC Berkeley.